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git commands reference sheet
Initialize
git init |
Initialize repository |
git remote add <origin/alternate name> <repo url> |
Link local repo with <repo URL> |
git push -u origin master |
Push committed changes (-u and track branch with remote) |
Commit
git add . |
Adds all modified and new (untracked) files in the current directory and all subdirectories to the staging area |
git commit -m <commit message> |
Locally commit |
git checkout . |
Revert changes to local copy |
git reset |
Revert changes made to the index (i.e., that you have added). Warning this will reset all of your unpushed commits to master! |
git revert <commit 1> <commit 2> |
Revert a change that you have committed |
git clean -f |
Remove untracked files (e.g., new files, generated files) |
git clean -fd |
Remove untracked directories |
git-stash |
Stash the changes away in a working directory |
git diff <branch 1> <branch 2> |
Compare two branches |
git diff <branch 1> <branch 2> --name-only |
Compare two branches, file names only |
git diff <branch> |
Compare <branch> with current branch |
git rm <file> --cached |
Remove file from remote, while retaining local copy |
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Branching, Merging
git checkout -b <branch> master |
Create <branch> from master |
git push -u origin <branch> |
Push <branch> |
git merge <branch> |
Merge <branch> into current branch |
git branch -d <branch> |
Delete local branch if it is merged, if not -D to force delete |
git push <remote_name> --delete <branch> |
Delete remote branch |
git branch <branch> |
Create branch <branch> |
git branch [-a] |
List branches, -a including remote, * indicates current branch |
git rebase <branch> |
Rebase from <branch> into current branch, i.e. take <branch> and then apply current branch's commits onto it to create linear history |
git branch -m <old> <new>
git push origin :<old> <new>
git push origin -u <new> |
1. Rename your local branch 2. Delete the <old> remote branch and push the <new> local branch 3. Reset the upstream branch for the <new> local branch |
git diff --name-status <b1>..<b2> |
Show diffs (filenames only) between two branches |
git diff --name-status master |
Show diffs (filenames only) between master and current branch |
Admin, Trouble-shooting
git log [-p] [-n] |
Shows commit history, last n, -p differences |
git remote set-url origin <new url> |
Change remote url |
git remote -v |
List remote information |
git config --global credential.helper cache
git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600' |
Set git to use the credential memory cache
set the cache to timeout after 1 hour (setting is in seconds) |
git config [--global] user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME" |
Set (global/repo) username for commits |
git config [--global] user.email "MY_NAME@example.com" |
Set (global/repo) email for commits |
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